The Green Life: Snowshoe hike gets 2013 off to promising start

11:34 PM,
Jan. 5, 2013

Ashokan High Point trailhead is 20 miles west of Kingston on Route 28.

Written by

Jimmy Buff

Twenty miles west from Kingston by car on Route 28 takes you to the Ashokan High Point trailhead, just south of Boiceville on County Route 42. Go 3.75 miles on foot, and you're standing on the summit of the mountain, elevation 3,091 feet, facing east and looking back at Kingston. That was the plan on New Year's Day, and as I drove west to meet friends at the trailhead, I could see the mountain off to my left, standing watch over the reservoir it shared its name with.

Doing something outdoors on New Year's Day is a tradition for me and in a season filled with traditions - some not so healthy - I was glad to be ...